| 单词 | verge |
| 释义 | vergeWord family nounvergencevergevergency verge1 /vɜːdʒ $ vɜːrdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 be on the verge of something ALMOSTto be at the point where something is about to happen 濒于…，即将… Jess seemed on the verge of tears. 杰斯似乎差点就要哭了。 an event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown 让她几乎精神崩溃的一件事 Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction. 山地大猩猩濒临绝种。 be on the verge of doing something The show was on the verge of being canceled due to low ratings. 因为收视率太低，这档节目就要被取消了。 Examples from the Corpus be on the verge of doing something• About how the band were on the verge of splitting up.• I was on the verge of making one last plea when I was propelled backward through the open door.• Only if public order appeared to be on the verge of breaking down would the government contemplate restricting political liberty.• Regrettably two of those who don't get it are on the verge of joining the Bush administration.• She knew he was on the verge of losing his job.• She was on the verge of tears, relieved yet unbelievably desolate.• The Raiders and the Warriors are on the verge of pricing themselves into invisibility.• Their debts were on the verge of managing them. 2 British EnglishBrE the edge of a road, path etc 路边，路缘 The car skidded across the road and came to a stop on the grass verge. 汽车滑过路面，在路缘草带上停了下来。 Examples from the Corpus verge• Doyle swerved, running the car on to the right hand verge, and braked hard.• Flocks of large black-and-white birds shifted in unison across the middle of the roundabouts and along roadside verges, probing for worms.• Born in 1930, so she must be on the verge of retirement now.• And adults do not need to be on the verge of shouting or crying for these mechanisms to be involved.• Now Carter is on the verge of burning brighter than the Olympic flame.• In those years, I believed I was on the verge of a major discovery.• Binyomin and Tsila had not only kissed but were on the verge of becoming man and wife in earnest.• He and his wife Brooke Hayward were on the verge of divorce - they finally split up in 1969. verge2 verb 1 verge on/upon something phrasal verbphr v ALMOSTto be very close to a harmful or extreme state 接近，濒于〔有害或极端的境地〕 Many of Lewis’s activities verged on the illegal. 刘易斯的许多活动近乎违法。 Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous. 他的有些想法近乎危险。 His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism. 他对詹姆斯·迪恩影片的喜爱近乎狂热。 Examples from the Corpus verge on/upon • That they verge on clich without becoming mundane is testament to Romo's strength as a storyteller.• He was growing taller, his voice was getting deeper, and his practical jokes were verging on dangerous.• That seemed a sober judgment not even verging on hyperbole.• At times these adjustments verge on sharp practice enabled by the fact that ingredients do not have to be revealed.• Domestically produced cars are overpriced while prices for imported cars verge on the absurd.• In the case of Essex and Keith Fletcher it may well verge on the impossible.• After overheating in 1989, the market may be verging on the over-cautious today.• Their desire to play an expansive game is often dangerous, verging on the suicidal. verging on the• But he had a mild, good-humoured, articulate side, verging on the academic, abjuring the sensational.• The Cabinet seemed to him to have a reputation of worthiness verging on the dull.• He was verging on the grotesque.• After overheating in 1989, the market may be verging on the over-cautious today.• This has, in point of fact, always struck me as behaviour verging on the pathological.• The joke is that this louche, style-setting exuberance took place in a conservative town verging on the provincial.• Their desire to play an expansive game is often dangerous, verging on the suicidal. Examples from the Corpus verge• That seemed a sober judgment not even verging on hyperbole.• At times these adjustments verge on sharp practice enabled by the fact that ingredients do not have to be revealed.• Domestically produced cars are overpriced while prices for imported cars verge on the absurd.• In the case of Essex and Keith Fletcher it may well verge on the impossible.• After overheating in 1989, the market may be verging on the over-cautious today.• Their desire to play an expansive game is often dangerous, verging on the suicidal. (1300-1400) Old French “long pole”, from Latin virga; from within the verge “within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority” |
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